IDFA
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Chilean Delegation to present diverse selection of films across IDFA programmes
The 35th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is set to kick off on 9 November with a nearly two-week run through 20 November 2022. As the world’s documentary industry descends on the Dutch capital, each represented country provides its premiere non-fiction content across screening sections and industry activities. Here, Modern Times Review shines a spotlight…
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Diversity didn’t end social inequality
IDENTITY: For the young, queer community of Medellín, the injustices of colonial heritage consistently intertwine with the brutality of today's global liberal capitalism.
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«Visual artists are the quickest ones to reflect on what’s happening in society»
JIHLAVA IDFF: Marek Hovorka on the festival's place within the wider industry landscape, his thoughts on the art vs content debate, and on its extensive film and event programme.
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History repeating
WAR: Footage from a Soviet war crimes trial in Kiev in 1946 underscores today's atrocities committed by the heirs to the Red Army in Ukraine.
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IDFA announces 2022 opening film, competition slate, and complete programme
The 35th #IDFA has announced its final programming selections and opening film for the festival taking place in Amsterdam from November 9-20. The festival opens with the world premiere of All You See (dir. Niki Padidar). Contemplating questions of what it means to belong, who gets excluded, and how outsider status is continually reaffirmed, Padidar’s…
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The man who infiltrated a military government
JOURNALISM: The fascinating story of Elías Barahona, who infiltrated the military government in Guatemala's darkest days of civil war.
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IDFA announces first competition titles, Masters & Best of Fests selections for 2022 festival
The 35th #IDFA, which runs 9 to 20 November, announced its first competition lineups: the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary and the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary. Additionally, Masters and Best of Fests selections, the international premiere of Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s Personality Crisis: One Night Only, and a special tribute to the late…
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Laura Poitras announced as 2022 IDFA guest of honour; first titles announced
Laura Poitras will be honoured at #IDFA this November with the Retrospective and Top 10 programs. Two curated focus programs, «Around Masculinity» and «Playing Reality», were also announced, in addition to the IDFA DocLab theme of «Nervous Systems». The 35th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam takes place in person from November 9…
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A lesson in past and present war crimes
UKRAINE: Sergei Loznitsa's new archive-based doc is an impressive reconstruction of the trial of 15 Nazi officers in Kiev after World War II, inevitably making the viewer reflect on more recent war crimes.